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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION January 7, 2008 APPROVED • 90 application is in place. The matter has been tabled by the Planning and Zoning Board 91 pending resolution of outstanding site development issues. The council is receiving the 92 Planning and Zoning Board staff report; staff is not currently recommending approval of 93 the request. However, more information has been submitted by the applicant. That 94 additional information is being reviewed by staff and a supplemental report will be 95 provided for the Planning and Zoning Board meeting. 96 97 Tom Schutte and Dick Schrier, Azure Properties. They have tried to communicate with 98 elected and appointed officials. They would like to move forward with their development 99 proposal for Main Street Village as quickly as possible. They continue to be asked for 100 more information and have worked diligently to respond. They are close to providing 101 everything requested (a checklist of items) but are still getting a negative staff 102 recommendation. Perhaps addition of conditions would be a better approach. They need 103 some type of approval to keep their end of the project on track. 104 105 When questioned if the "checklist" is complete, it was unclear if all required information 106 has been submitted. It is clear that parking questions remain and parking has proven to be 107 an important development consideration. 108 109 Council Member Reinert noted that he requested this item be added to the agenda. His 110 first discussion about this property was eight years ago and it seems that there is a •111 problem with continuing issues. He asked that staff explain what are the biggest issues 112 now? 113 114 Community Development Director Grochala explained that it is possibly a matter of 115 many smaller issues including storm water management, parking, landscaping, site access 116 issues, etc. Some of these matters may have been addressed adequately with the latest 117 submissions. Staff must ensure that all necessary questions are answered and that a solid 118 proposal is presented to the council. 119 120 Mr. Schrier stated that this has been an unusually difficult and expensive process for the 121 developer; they are asking for approval of a basic footprint. A big part of the problem is 122 that the city is requiring a plan for a larger site than what they actually want to develop. 123 124 Staff is committed to reviewing the information submitted to this point. When plans are 125 changed, however, that can slow the process overall. The Planning and Zoning Board 126 will make a recommendation based on the information staff can provide. 127 128 A council member commented that it isn't appropriate for the council to do the work of 129 the advisory boards, where the project still stands. The question of the extent of the 130 questions unanswered cannot truly be answered. Getting the project through the process 131 appropriately is the priority but staff should move the process as best they are able. 132 • 133 Mr. Shutte suggested that they believe they are within three or four remaining issues and 134 it is their hope that they could get a conditional approval.